Former UK PM Boris Johnson Takes Up New Job As Presenter

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be joining television station GB News as a presenter, he announced on X on Friday.

In addition to this, he is also taking up the role of a columnist for the Daily Mail newspaper. "I'm going to be giving this remarkable new TV channel my unvarnished views on everything from Russia to China, the war in Ukraine, how we meet all those challenges, to the huge opportunities that lie ahead for us," Boris Johnson said on X.

GB News announced that Boris Johnson is set to take on the roles of presenter, program producer, and commentator commencing in early 2024. He is slated to have a pivotal role in the coverage of the upcoming national election in Britain, expected next year, and also in the United States elections.

The TV channel was inaugurated in 2021, offering a blend of news, opinions, and analyses that bears a closer resemblance to American networks like Fox News rather than traditional British broadcasters. Britain's regulatory authority for broadcasting has determined that the station has violated impartiality regulations on multiple occasions.

Johnson became Britain's Prime Minister in 2019 and won a large majority in an election later that year. However,

However, in 2022, he stepped down from his position following a series of scandals that led to the loss of support from numerous Conservative Party lawmakers.